The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to make it easier to compare mortage loans. There’s really nowhere to go but up in this department. The “Know Before You Owe” project is looking for …

Even with the economy struggling, it seems more people are sprucing up their homes. The latest BuildFax Remodeling Index for March shows the remodeling industry going strong across the county, except …

Tickets are on sale for the city’s 2011 Green Building Awards luncheon. The event is at 11:30 a.m. June 1 at the International Center downtown. Individual seats cost $75 and tables of 10 are $650. You …

Architect and urban planning guru William Fain will give a free lecture tonight at the Center for Architecture at the Pearl Brewery. Fain is a partner at the Los Angeles-based firm Johnson Fain, which …